TRANSPARENCY / API USAGE

The API contract is intentionally narrow.

This page describes the behavior implemented in the v0.1.0 backend, including the exact upstream endpoints, cache windows, deduplication, rate limit, and manual refresh rules.

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01 / CONTRACT

One analysis route, one health route.

The Fabric client calls only POST /v1/insights. Its JSON body contains the player UUID, one of the five supported goals, and a boolean refresh flag. The response is transformed profile data: signals, checkpoints, recommendations, and a small Bazaar summary. The UUID is not included in the response.

The Hypixel key exists only in the backend process environment. It is sent as the official API-Key header and never as a URL query parameter, client setting, response field, or log value.

02 / ENDPOINTS

Authenticated upstream calls actually used.

Hypixel pathwhy it is used
/v2/skyblock/profiles?uuid=…selected profile fields
/v2/skyblock/bazaarweighted price context
/v2/resources/skyblock/skillsskill XP thresholds

The client cannot choose an upstream path, pass arbitrary query parameters, or use this service as a generic API proxy. The backend allow-list rejects every other path.

03 / CACHING

Short-lived memory, clear purpose.

valueimplemented window
profile response120 seconds / UUID key
Bazaar response60 seconds / process key
skill thresholds6 hours / process key

The v0.1.0 cache is process-local and non-persistent. A matching request already in flight is shared with later identical requests; once it completes, the in-flight entry is removed. There is no Redis or database integration in this release.

04 / REQUEST BEHAVIOR

Manual analysis and manual refresh.

Normal analysis

Opening the screen does not call the backend. The player chooses ANALYZE NOW or runs /insights refresh. The client enforces a 120-second minimum between requests by default, and the backend allows six analysis requests per direct connection address in a 60-second window.

Refresh flag

A refresh request invalidates that UUID's profile cache and the shared Bazaar cache before fetching. Skill thresholds retain their six-hour cache because they are reference data. All manual refreshes still pass through the rate limiter.

Deduplication

Concurrent requests for the same normalized UUID and goal share one in-flight computation. The backend does not enqueue a background refresh or continue polling after the response.

05 / SECURITY

Credentials and identity stay out of the product surface.

  • HYPIXEL_API_KEY is read only from the backend environment.
  • Requests use a fixed User-Agent and the official API-Key header.
  • Responses are marked no-store and contain transformed fields, not upstream JSON.
  • Rate limiting uses the direct connection address only and is held in memory.
  • UUIDs are used only to fetch/cache the requested snapshot; no history or account directory is written.

06 / BOUNDARIES

What this service is not.

continuous player trackingnot implemented
session or account trackingnot implemented
arbitrary Hypixel proxyingnot implemented
auction parser or tradernot implemented
gameplay automationnot implemented

SkyScope Player Insights is an independent third-party project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Hypixel.

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